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LIVE: 19:30 >> 1st stage: Morgan Fisher + Nils Henrik Asheim DUO 21:15 >> 2nd stage: Morgan Fisher + Kitchen Orchestra Morgan Fisher's BLOG: Morgan has started a blog on the subject of his two legendary MINIATURES albums (released in 1980 and 2000), featuring songs, poems, sound-pictures, each around one minute in length - a feast of stunning creativity from a grand total of 106 artists, from the world-renowned to the underground. Hear the songs, read about them, see photos, and enjoy stories and digressions from Morgan: [MINIATURES](http://www.morgan-fisher.com/miniatures) [A World of Creators in Tokyo "My Tokyo Life"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCNOk1RLJc) Morgan Fisher's long interview with live videos and his home studio. ##[About Morgan Fisher](http://www.morgan-fisher.com/)  　 Keyboard player / Composer / Producer / Light Painter. Born in London, England, on January 1st, 1950. '68~'76: Played keyboards in The Love Affair, Third Ear Band, Mott the Hoople, and his own progressive rock band Morgan. '78~'80: Art-punk album "Hybrid Kids," the cult classic "Miniatures" album (51 one-minute tracks by cutting-edge musicians from Robert Fripp to Hector Zazou) and his first ambient album "Slow Music" with Lol Coxhill. '82: Played live with Queen. '85: Moved to Japan, developed his improvised music, and created abstract photographs called Light Paintings (as on the Morgan's Organ album covers). Played with Japanese artists Yoko Ono, The Boom, and Haruomi Hosono. Recent works: an album with Hans-Joachim Roedelius (of Cluster), performances with The Minus 5 and Robyn Hitchcock, music for film and TV, two exhibitions of light paintings in Tokyo. Entrance information: For those who reserve in advance (by 6pm on the day before the concert), entry to Morgan's Organ is FREE. For those without reservations, there a modest 1000 yen entrance fee. Morgan's Organ usually happens on the 3rd Thursday of every month. It features selections of Morgan's photographs plus astonishing films from his avant-garde video library. For more information please go to: [www.morgan-fisher.com](http://www.morgan-fisher.com/live.html) ## [Morgan’s Organ 01-10 Release, and 61-65 are also on sale!](http://sdlx.blogspot.com/2008/08/morgans-organ-01-05-release.html) SuperDeluxe launches original music label MEDAMA RECORDS with live recordings by Morgan Fisher. “Morgan’s Organ 01-10 & 61-65” available now from iTunes Store, Napster, Rhapsody, Amazon and other online vendors! 　 Visit the [Morgan's Organ myspace](http://www.myspace.com/morgansorganmusic) to hear extended excerpts from the live recordings, and see a continuous slide show of live photographs. ##Kitchen Orchestra  For many years Stavanger, Norway has produced some of Norway’s most profiled improvisational musicians. 22 of these professional players, ranging from local jazz musicians to the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, have come together under the name Kitchen Orchestra as a music collective exploring the improvisational relationship between the individual and the ensemble in the context of modern and jazz music. Kitchen is a rotating body of musicians with no one leader. A collective force of creativity combined with an invited external composer/bandleader directing them into unrestrained and unpredicted musical territories. This results in wide ranging musical ventures and collaborations that have include Alexander von Schlippenbach, Øyvind Torvund, Inbal Pinto, Evan Parker, Keith Tippet, Trevor Wishart, Reidar Larsen, Svein Tang Wa, Steve Beresford, David Kane, and Lotte Anker. Kitchen has most recently recorded an album with Alexander von Schlippenbach to be released later this year.  Member: Petter Frost Fadnes - Saxophone / Electronics Didrik Ingvaldsen - Trumpet / Electronics Gunhild Seim - Trumpet / Electronics Nils Henrik Asheim - Hammond B3 / Electronics John Lilje - Electric Bass Thomas Bang - Electric Bass Dag Egil Njaa - MaxMSP Ståle Birkeland - Drums, Electronics Dag Magnus Narvesen - Drums Dominique Brackeva - Trombone / Vocals Support: EU-Japan Fest Norsk Kulturråd Stavanger Kommune FFUK Royal Norwegian Embassy in Japan